Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 213 Warm New Year Gifts in the City, Refugees Outside the City Have No Grassroots

Time flies, and it is almost the twelfth lunar month.

Feng Yibo resumed his step-by-step life.

At the end of the year, many ceremonies have to start preparations.

The Ministry of Rites is also rarely busy.

Seeing that the new year is approaching, Baochai is also busy with the annual affairs.

This is the first year she married into Feng's residence, so she naturally wanted to be as thoughtful as possible.

The season outside this year is not good, and many prefectural capitals in the Great Wei have been plagued by natural disasters.

Even Jiangnan was not spared.

In some places, it rains continuously for several months without seeing the sun.

Some are so dry that they crack without a drop of moisture.

There were even hailstorms in several places in Jinling.

Many farms are short of harvest, and even very few have lost their harvest.

Similarly, the two prefectures in Shandong suffered severe drought this year.

The imperial court sent people to help, but it was just a drop in the bucket.

Countless people became refugees and scattered to various prefectures to beg for their lives.

Some farmers who originally owned land also had to sell their land.

Only in exchange for a chance to survive.

This made many noble and wealthy merchants move after hearing the news.

Like smelling bloody sharks.

So blatantly, enclosing land at a low price in Qilu land, buying a mouth as a slave.

The harvest here in Duzhong is considered good, but there is trouble with Tartar again.

The winter food of many people in suburban counties was looted.

Many young men were also taken away and became slaves of the Tatars.

As a result, the suburbs of the city are sparsely populated, and the supply in the city is about to run out.

Although there are businessmen from all over the place, the price is still extremely high.

And there is still an urgent shortage of all kinds of winter supplies.

Let's say that.

Now in the capital, even eggs have risen from one dollar to more than a dozen dollars each.

Not necessarily available yet.

The wealthy families in the city want to maintain a luxurious life.

A lot of money was spilled out like running water.

Compared with previous years, it has to pay more than ten times the price.

Even if you want to prepare a New Year's gift, you have to spend more than enough money.

It has to be pieced together to be barely decent.

This kind of influence will last for a long time, only the Feng family has not changed much.

The Feng family's warehouse is rich in supplies, and Liuqiu's contacts will not be affected.

It's not that short of anything.

After all, even fruits and vegetables are storable, and a lot of them are sent together when transporting wood.

In addition, there are not many people walking around in the Feng family.

So Baochai dealt with it very quickly.

She mostly followed last year's old practice, but added a few close relatives of the Xue family.

"Grandpa, I want to discuss something with you."

During the day, deal with the annual ceremony.

In the evening, the wheel sequence also arrived at Baochai's side.

At this moment, she was leaning on Feng Yibo's arms, but she thought of the servant's discussion during the day.

There was a bit of hesitation on his face.

Feng Yibo was fiddling with her jade hands, feeling as warm and moist as jade.

No matter how you touch it, you can't touch it enough.

The other hand is around her slender waist, feeling the ups and downs.

Move up and down from time to time.

Seeing her appearance at this time, he groped and said curiously:

"There are no outsiders now, so what can't you say directly?"

Baochai's face suddenly turned slightly red, and she knocked off the offending hand, before saying:

"Master, I heard from the people below that the people in the suburbs are starved of food, and many of them are going to die of hunger..."

During the day, I heard people talking about the misery of the people in the suburbs.

She has been thinking about it in her heart.

Although Baochai is trustworthy and clumsy in front of others, she is kind-hearted in the end.

Anyone who has difficulties, will help if they can.

And he will be careful, taking care of the other party's face.

But obviously, today's incident moved her to kindness.

But I feel weak, and there is a limit to what I can help.

But after much deliberation, he should discuss it with Feng Yibo.

See if you can do something a little bit better.

"So you want to help the people?"

Hearing this, Feng Yibo immediately understood what she was thinking, and said with a smile:
"Whether it's porridge or clothes, you decide for yourself. You are the hostess of our family, so why ask me about this?"

On weekdays, he supports Baochai and wants her to find something she likes to do.

But as a human being, Baochai attaches the most importance to women's morality and women's words.

Staying at home all day is either a female celebrity, or talking with Li Mengshi.

He also united his wives and concubines, and brought Miaoyu and You's sisters together.

In addition to the affairs of the family, and the affairs of the Four Seas Trading Company that he explained.

The rest never take the initiative to do anything else, nor make any demands.

Today, my little daughter-in-law rarely speaks to him.

Feng Yibo would support him no matter what.

"But……"

Baochai hesitated, fearing that she might not be able to grasp the scale.

You can help others, but you can't ignore yourself.

She couldn't ignore the hearts of the big family.

When Feng Yibo saw it, he guessed it.

After pondering for a while, he said:

"Just do what you want, just leave a month's supply of rice at home, and someone will fill it in later."

Liuqiu kept coming and going, and it was not affected in any way.

As long as the order is given now, it will take less than a month.

Naturally, the rice grains can be shipped back.

Baochai knew that if her husband dared to say that, he was absolutely sure.

Immediately, surprise and a hint of admiration appeared.

"Boom!"

She was excited for a moment, but she didn't know how to express it.

If you hesitate for a moment, you can only come to each other for a moment.

Feng Yibo blinked, and touched the kissed place on his face.

He refrained from saying what he did, but he must pay back when he is humiliated.

Afterwards, the two of them chattered back and forth, and they couldn't help themselves after a while.

Unknowingly rolled into bed.

In fact, Feng Yibo has long been concerned about the disaster victims.

Not only the counties near the capital.

Regardless of the disaster-stricken places in the south of the Yangtze River, or the two prefectures of Shandong.

He had people recruit people who had no food and clothing, and quietly transported them to Liuqiu for reclamation.

In many places, even one village and one family immigrated overseas.

It can be said that although some places are empty, they are not starved to death.

Rather, it is inseparable from Feng Yibo.

These things are in the midst of a catastrophe, but few people pay attention to them.

Some officials even breathed a sigh of relief when they heard about it.

Consider this a good deal.

But Feng Yibo is naturally not pure charity.

Although it is doing good deeds and giving these people a chance to survive.

But it is also poaching the corner of Wei Wei.

Liuqiu's current population, even if Luzon is not counted.

There are almost 80 people.

If the current pace continues, it is estimated that it may reach one million after the end of the year.

Fortunately, Liuqiu's land is vast, and there are still many places that have not been cultivated.

In addition, there are many islands in Luzon.

But I don't worry about having no place to settle.

These lands are already owned by the Black Dragon Mansion.

Anyone who is willing to cultivate can rent the land.

Rent-free for the first year, and rations are also provided.

From the second year onwards, the rental rate was only [-]%, only half of that of Dawei.

In addition, most of Liuqiu and Luzon are cooked three times a year.

It can be said that after paying the transportation cost and a little ration cost.

You can pay back your capital in the second year, and start generating income after that.

The colonized immigrants are also grateful to Dade, enshrining the tablet of the Black Dragon King.

Because there, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can eat enough.

Not only can they live a life without worrying about food and clothing, but no officials dare to oppress and exploit them.

Whenever someone dared to act recklessly, the picket team immediately heard the news.

Custody lets them know what law enforcement is like.

Such a place, for these disaster victims.

It was heaven on earth.

Feng Yibo can't show off with his wife, he can only work hard.

I hope Baochai can also blossom and bear fruit soon.

It is inconvenient to express it after a night of deep plowing.

Early the next morning, Baochai went to find Miaoyu and the You sisters.

Several women quickly negotiated.

A steady stream of rice grains and cloth were shipped out of the warehouse.

Many servants also took an active part in taking out their old clothes and quilts.

These servants of the Feng family are not short of food and clothing.

Some are from the heart, and some are from not wanting to be left behind.

After all, there are not many opportunities to perform in front of this lady.

No matter what the purpose is, it is doing good deeds.

Baochai took three concubines with him, and thanked them all one by one.

Give enough face to these servants.

Afterwards, Baochai sent another person to greet the government.

Avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

At ten o'clock at noon, I took the three girls to the scheduled location.

The servants, some set up porridge sheds, and some distributed clothes and quilts.

Others maintain order.

Started to distribute porridge and cotton in an orderly manner.

Although the four girls are not easy to show their faces, they are also paying attention to the outside situation in the carriage.

When seeing many people in ragged clothes and dull eyes.

All four fell into silence.

They all lived a good life and hadn't seen such a tragic image for a long time.

Although Baochai maintains her simplicity, she has never really seen the suffering of the people.

Miaoyu Qingdeng ancient Buddha, since he rarely entered the world.

Although the You family sisters are in a poor family, they don't have to worry about food and clothing.

Now, several people saw the numb victims, huddled in the cold wind and lined up.

After receiving the item, thank you again.

How could such a scene appear in the peaceful and prosperous age.

People can hardly believe their eyes.

Even with some psychological preparations, I just thought it was ordinary people suffering for a while.

Unexpectedly, these common people looked several times worse than the beggars in the city.

All of them were dressed in rags, exposing their bony torsos.

Eyes dull, numb at the mercy of others.

What they don't know is.

In many places, the bark and grass roots have been stripped and eaten.

What you can see is just a corner.

But just this little bit of truth made the hearts of the girls almost unbearable.

After a while, Baochai clasped his hands together and said softly:
"Buddha bless! I hope they can survive the winter smoothly!"

When Miaoyu heard Baochai's words, she also sighed slightly, and said:
"Amitabha, in fact, the Buddha doesn't bless anything, he only teaches people to plant whatever causes, and they will get whatever rewards."

After all, Third Sister You has a sharper temper, so she recovered earlier than others.

When she heard Miaoyu's words, it was rare for her to be emotional, and asked with some dissatisfaction:

"Then what evil cause did these people plant, and why did they end up in such misery?"

Miaoyu was also moved by seeing the misery of the victims outside.

It's not aimed at Baochai either.

But should I say it or not, her words are indeed not very pleasant to listen to.

At this time, she was also taken aback when she heard Third Sister You's words.

If she hadn't seen the scene before her, she might say:
Maybe it's the sins I did in my previous life, and I will pay for it in this life.

But looking at these innocent people now, she really couldn't say anything.

They could only be silent for a while.

Seeing that she was silent, Third Sister You muttered to herself:
"It is said that it is the sins of the previous life that will cause suffering, but why not pay in the previous life, or postpone the payment until the next life, and have to suffer in this life?"

After hearing this, Miaoyu was even more speechless.

In fact, it is not indistinguishable.

She has read countless Buddhist classics and has countless reasons to refute.

But at this moment, she felt unable to speak.

"If the Buddha has a spirit, I just hope to bless these poor people so that they can survive."

Baochai ignored the words of the two concubines, still looking worriedly at the people outside.

She knows that her ability is limited, and doing these things is just a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, she, who didn't believe in Buddhism, couldn't help praying twice in succession.

Miaoyu was silent for a while, then said softly:
"I don't know if the Buddha will bless them, but Madam has tried her best to bless them."

This situation made Miaoyu, who had already returned to vulgar marriage, shake a little bit towards the Buddha.

Therefore, he used such words to slander the Buddha to explain Baochai, and said:

"Madam's kind heart has blessed these people and planted good causes for herself."

Baochai felt heavy in her heart, and was not in the mood to respond.

He only forced a smile, then stared outside again.

Here, Feng Mansion's continuous charitable deeds have won the gratitude of many common people.

On the other hand, Feng Yibo heard news from Beidi again at the court meeting.

Fortunately, this time is good news from Wang Ziteng!

In Changyong Fort in Liaodong, Wang Ziteng defeated two Tatar armies.

It is useless to kill the Tatars!

As many as [-] war horses were seized.

Such a record is definitely a big victory!

After experiencing the previous Tatar customs clearance, the court just needed such a big victory to cover up its shame.

When Emperor Jingshun received the good news, he was always happy and angry, and it was rare for him to laugh out loud at the court meeting.

Within two days, Prince Teng of Jin was ordered to inspect the capitals of the nine provinces.

The control of the nine provinces is the highest command in the name of the nine sides.

But it is only one level higher than the Jingying Jiedushi, that is, from the second rank.

And the difference between capital inspection and control is like the capital commander and commander.

There is a difference of two levels!

Therefore, the nine provinces are inspected, that is, from the top officials with real power.

Going up, there are only Sangongs with false posts!
In addition, the post of Minister of the Ministry of War has been pending.

After discussions between Emperor Jingshun and the cabinet, Jia Yucun, the Minister of the Ministry of War, made up the award!
This is also the recognition of Wang Ziteng's victory this time.

Minister of the Ministry of War, commonly known as Da Sima.

Responsible for assisting the military aircraft and counseling the government!
So far, Jia Yucun has played a pivotal role in the Wei Dynasty.

After several discussions, the position of Minister of the Ministry of War vacated by Jia Yucun was taken over by Bai Jiajin, the right servant of the Nanjing Household Department.

This Bai Jiajin can also be regarded as Feng Yibo's old acquaintance.

He is a new nobleman, Huizhou Jiedushi, and brother of Guangwei General Bai Jiajun.

Before, it was because of the close relationship between Feng Yibo and the founder of the country.

In addition, the matter of suppressing the Japanese is still in the founding line, and Mu Kun, the Nanjing Jingying Jiedu envoy, recommended it.

That's why Bai Jiajin regards him as the founder of the country.

At that time, he wanted to use some means secretly to make things difficult for Feng Yibo.

Jia Yucun is related to the Jia family, and is Wang Ziteng's confidant.

The cabinet and Emperor Jingshun put Bai Jiajin in the Ministry of War, obviously as a nail.

To a certain extent, it can be regarded as restraining the founder of the country and Wang Ziteng.

Needless to say, this is naturally Emperor Jingshun's balancing act.

These things are big things for many people.

But it had no effect on Feng Yibo.

Until the last court meeting years ago, Bai Jiajin rushed to the capital all night and night.

At the court meeting, the Minister of Attendance announced the appointment:
"Today, Bai Jiajin, the right servant of the Nanjing household department, has been transferred to the military department, and he is the right servant of the military department, and the director is responsible for military affairs."

Among the six departments, each has two servants.

Both are distinguished by left and right.

Generally speaking, the left servant is responsible for internal affairs, and the right servant is responsible for external affairs.

That's why Feng Yibo's right servant of the Ministry of Rites can be the director of overseas affairs.

And Bai Jiajin took over as the right servant of Jia Yucun's military department.

For the founder of the country and Wang Ziteng, it can act as a restraint.

It also lies in the word "right".

"Kin this!"

After announcing the appointment, Bai Jiajin immediately stepped forward to thank him and said:

"The minister Bai Jiajin leads the order, and is willing to be loyal to the Holy One!"

After thanking him, Bai Jiajin returned to Lieban.

Today's court meeting also completed the last item.

Emperor Jingshun exchanged glances with the cabinet, and then nodded slightly to the Minister of Attendance.

The Minister of Attendance understood the meaning and immediately said:
"There is a book to play early, and there is no book to retreat!"

At this moment, someone rushed out from behind and shouted:

"I have the original play!"

As he said that, the man had already arrived in front of Dan Bi, holding the playbook in his hand.

What he said next made Feng Yibo a little confused.

"Your impeachment of Feng Yuan, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, is against the law of etiquette.

(End of this chapter)